Old World deer

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Randi, E., N. Mucci, M. Pierpaoli, and E. Douzery. 1998. New phylogenetic perspectives on the Cervidae (Artiodactyla) are provided by the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 265:793-801.

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